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Kevin (Scott Cox), a surviving activist from the front lines of the AIDS crisis, struggles to connect with Byron (J. Conrad Frank), who leads the Manhattan AIDS project and leans on former colleague Susan (Desiree Rogers) for support as he tries to find purpose in a modern age of greater gay rights. Photo by Lois Tema.

Kevin (Scott Cox), a surviving activist from the front lines of the AIDS crisis, finds himself struggling to find purpose in a modern age of greater gay rights and political urgency. Photo by Lois Tema.

Gary Coleman (Janelle LaSalle) and the Bad Idea Bears (Juliana Lustenader and Brendon North) tells the residents of Avenue Q that they "You Can Be as Loud as the Hell You Want (When You're Makin' Love)." Photo by Lois Tema.

Emerson Collins is a producer, director and actor best known for four seasons of BRAVO’s “The People’s Couch.” Most recently, he produced and starred in Del Shores’ Sordid Lives sequel, A Very Sordid Wedding which opened in 60 cities nationwide in 2017.